Belle BOYD C.S.A.

ABT 1835 - ____

ID Number: I77213

Notes

Source: The South in the Building of the Nation, Volume XI.
Richmond, Va.: The Southern Historical Publication Society,
1909. Volume XI, page 443

HARDINGE, Mrs. Belle Boyd: b. Martinsburg, Va. (now W. Va.),
about 1835.
Her father was Dr. Boyd of Martinsburg. During the war she was
imprisoned for some time as a Confederate spy, and her account
of her exploits made her famous.
At the end of the war she married a Federal officer, from whom
she was divorced in 1868. After visiting Europe she became an
actress in New York in 1868. Her well-known book is: Belle Boyd
in Camp and Prison (1865).
Transcribed and submitted by Valerie F. Crook
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/berkeley/bios/bios0001.txt

Notes

"Henry was a Captain in the Revolutionary War (see D.A.R.
#277744). He built his home about four miles above
Criglersville, VA on the side of Double Top Mountain. His first
wife Ann died around 1785 and in 1794 at the age of 70 he
married Catherine Twyman, who died March 22, 1825. After Henry
married his 2nd wife, they built their home near Criglersville.
The 1787 Culpeper Co., VA tax lists show that Henry Lewis was
taxed for seven slaves over the age of 16, 11 slaves under the
age of 16, eight horses, and 26 cattle."